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JACKSON, Miss. — A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for its refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary, though the couple said Monday they knew nothing of the apology until a reporter called.

The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs posted the apology on its website Sunday, saying it was seeking “forgiveness and reconciliation” with Charles Wilson and Te’Andrea Henderson Wilson, their families and friends, and God.

“This wrong decision resulted in hurt and sadness for everyone. Both the pastor and those involved in the wedding location being changed have expressed their regrets and sorrow for their actions,” reads part of the six-paragraph statement.

“I can’t believe they think they’ve apologized,” Mr. Wilson said. He said only one or two people from the church have contacted him in recent weeks, and they did so personally and not as representatives of the church.

“You put a thing in the media and say you’ve apologized?” he asked. “That is an insult.”

Church officials did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking further comment Monday.

The Wilsons had planned a marriage ceremony at the church July 21, but some members objected to the Rev. Stan Weatherford after the couple’s rehearsal.

The Wilsons have said that Mr. Weatherford, the pastor, told them he could be fired if the wedding was held in his church.

The couple’s wedding was held in a predominantly black church, where Mr. Weatherford officiated.

Some church members have said that most of the hundreds of congregants didn’t learn what had happened until well after the Wilsons’ wedding.

Crystal Springs, a town of about 5,000 people about 20 miles south of Jackson, is more than 60 percent black. The Wilsons live in Jackson but started attending church there because Mr. Weatherford has been a personal friend of Mrs. Wilson’s family. Some members of her family have continued to attend church at First Baptist, though the Wilsons have not.

Town officials held a racial unity rally July 30, with Mr. Weatherford, Mayor Sally Garland and others praying for racial reconciliation. The Wilsons attended, but Mr. Weatherford and the Wilsons did not speak. Mr. Weatherford told reporters there he was trying to avoid conflict by moving the wedding and denied that his job had been threatened.

Southern Baptist leaders had called for the church to reconsider, noting that the Baptist Faith and Message, a statement of what Southern Baptists believe, says that “Christians should oppose racism.”

State and national leaders of the denomination, though, noted that each church is autonomous, and said the church had to work out its own response.